(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night (Dec. 23) through Monday (Dec. 25) in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. Church pastors were killed and hundreds of houses were destroyed in the massacres in villages of […]
160 People Massacred in Christian Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria
Coordinated attacks launched across three areas over Christmas.
December 26, 2023 By -
Terrorists Kill Christian Couple in Taraba State, Nigeria
Others wounded, six kidnapped in attack.
September 10, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists entering a town in Taraba state, Nigeria at about 2 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed two Christians, wounded several others and kidnapped six people, sources said. “Six Christians were kidnapped by terrorists in the Mile Six area of Jalingo,” area resident Emmanuel Moses told Morning Star News in […]
Seminary Student Burned to Death in Attack in Nigeria
Catholic dies in terrorists' attempted kidnapping of priest in Kaduna state.
September 8, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Assailants in an area of Nigeria where Fulani terrorists have operated freely burned a Catholic seminary student to death Thursday night (Sept. 7) in a failed kidnapping attempt, sources said. In an attack at about 8 p.m. on the rectory of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Fadan Kamantan, in southern […]
Terrorists Gun Down, Bomb Worshippers in Southwest Nigeria
Catholic church service in Ondo state attacked.
June 5, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists launched a gun and bomb attack at the end of a Catholic Mass in southwest Nigeria on Sunday (June 5), killing an estimated 70 worshippers, sources said. The terrorists attacked the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state, at about 9 a.m., church leaders and residents told […]
Terrorists Kill 50 Christians and Abduct 100, including Priest
Church building, homes burned down in Kaduna state, Nigeria.
March 28, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (March 24) killed an estimated 50 Christians and abducted a Catholic priest in attacks on communities in an area of Kaduna state, Nigeria, area sources said. In late-night attacks on 10 predominantly Christian communities of Giwa County, herdsmen and others also took about 100 people captive […]
Catholic Church Worker Killed in Kidnapping of Priest in Nigeria
Christians attacked in Kaduna, Plateau and Niger states.
March 10, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church security guard was killed in the kidnapping of a Roman Catholic priest at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday (March 8) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The security guard, identified only as Luka, was killed in the abduction of the Rev. Joseph Akeke of St. John’s Catholic Church […]
Christians ‘Under Siege’ in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Area Leaders Say
Pastor killed along with more than 50 other Christians in two months.
September 29, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The killing of the Rev. Silas Yakubu Ali and more than 50 other Christians in an area of Kaduna state, Nigeria in the past two months shows that Christians are under siege from Muslim Fulani herdsmen, community leaders said. Dominic Gambo Yahaya, leader of the predominantly Christian Atyap ethnic group […]
Herdsmen Kill Christian at Worship, 30 Others in One Day
After church attack on Sunday, two villages raided that night.
September 28, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian at a worship service in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Sunday (Sept. 26), and 30 others were slain in attacks later that night, sources said. The herdsmen attacked the worship service of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Gavaciwa, Kachia County, killing one member of […]
Herdsmen Kill Church Elder, Abduct Three Other Christians
Muslim Fulani also wound Christian in attack in northwest Nigeria.
February 23, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a church elder and abducted three other Christians in northwest Nigeria on Feb. 16, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot dead Mati Sani, a 65-year-old elder with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), in an attack in the village of Kadabuki Dan-Marabu, Kankara County, Katsina state at […]
Muslim Fulani Kill 11 Christians, Wound Two, in Nigeria
Four ECWA members slain in Plateau state.
February 19, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot four Christians to death on Sunday (Feb. 14) in north-central Nigeria, following the killing of seven other Christians earlier in the month. Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed the four members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) at about 8 p.m. in Kwall District, Bassa County of […]